Vehicle ventilating window



May 28, 1935..

D. B. LEE

VEHICLE VENTILATING WQINDOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 30, 1934 INVEN OR Eco/flit B. 166.

ATTOR EY-s '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS May 2'8, 1935.

v D. B. LEE

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VEHICLE VENTILATING WINDOW Dwight B. Lee, Detroit,-Mich. Application April 30, 1934, Serial No. 723,253 7 Claims. (Cl. 296-44) This invention relates to vehicle ventilating of a motor vehicle or the like 22, together with windows and more particularly to improvements means for operating the pivoted and sliding in the type of ventilating windows shown and panels independently of one another and prodescribed in my copending application Serial No. vided further with means for simultaneously 691,882. raising and lowering the pivoted and sliding '5.

Ventilating window constructions of the type panels as a unit. to which this invention pertains comprise a com- As seen probably b om Figure 1, the posite window including pivoted and sliding ruc comp s a fr me 23 su lly f inpanels operable independently of one another in verted substantially U- aped contour, the verlo effecting the control of the ventilating window, tical legs of which are adapted to Slide in e 10 and also operable as a unit so that they may conventional vertically arranged channels 24. be simultaneously raised into or lowered from the Ex d n w n the v t l l f th am window opening. 23 is a transverse frame member 25.

The type. of construction just referred to in- T pivoted Panel P is p a y ppO cludes a frame in which the pivoted nel i intermediate its vertical edges on the frame 23- 15 mounted which frame is adapted in one position 5. and this me together w t e p vo d of the parts to be raised into registration with pane P and the s d n pane Sis a p to be the window opening and rigidly supported hi1e raised into registration with the window openpermitting the raising and lowering of the slidihg lowered into 17118 11511941 Well- In the an able panel by the usual window lifter e haraised position ofthe frame .the upper portion of nism. the frame part 23 is adapted to register or One of the important objects of this invention coincide with the opening 20, whereas the transis to provide simple but eifective means for verse frame member 25 is located at substanrigidly but releasably supporting the said frame tially the level of the sill 26 of the window in registration with the window opening during opening. The frame 23, together with the pan- 25 that position of the parts in which the regulator els P and S, is adapted to be raised and. lowered mechanism is disconnected therefrom. as a unit, or the panel S is adapted to be raised The several objects, advantages and novel deand lowered independently by means of any contails of construction of the invention will be ventional type of window lifter mechanism. In

33- made more apparent as this description proceeds, the embodiment of the invention herein illusespecially when considered in connection with trated this mechanism comprises a regulator the accompanying drawings, wherein. having an operating handle 21 and a lifter arm Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of 28, the button or roller of which engages a the inside portion of the front of a closed motor glass retainer or channel 29. The retainer 29 85 vehicle body having .my improved ventilating is provided with extensions 30 carrying shoes 3| window associated therewith; which form continuations of the vertical legs Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevaof the frame 23 and are adapted to slide in the tional view of the control mechanism; vertical channels 24. Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 show-' The lower edge of the sliding panel S is se- 40 ing the parts in difierent position; cured to the retainer 29 and this retainer 29 40 Figure'4 is a horizontal sectional view taken is adapted to be selectively coupled or uncoupled substantially on the plane indicated by line with'the frame 23-25 whereupon the regulator 4-4 in Figure 3; may be operated either to raise and lower the Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sliding panel independently of the frame, as sugsectional view taken substantially on the plane 'gested in Figure l, or to raise and lower this 45 indicated by line 5-5 in Figure 1, and frame together with the panels P and S.

Figure 6 is a similar view taken substan- The frame 23-25 is adapted to be selectively tially on the plane indicated by line 6-6 in coupled or uncoupled with the retainer 29 by Figure 1. means of a control or locking handle 32. This 69 As described more fully in my copending aphandle is shown as pivotally supported as at plication heretofore referred to, the herein re- 33 on the transverse frame member 25, and ferred to type of ventilating window structure the lower end of this handle is pivotally concomprises a pivoted panel P and a sliding panel nected as at 34 to a slide bar 35 slidably sup- 5 adapted to cooperate to close a window openported in the transverse frame member 25. as .ing 20 arranged, for instance, in the door 2| The slide bar 35 is provided with a hook- 6 3 shaped portion 36 which in one position of the bar is adapted to engage a pin 31 extending transversely of the retainer 29. When this hook-shaped portion 36 engages the pin 31 the frame 23-25 is coupled to the retainer 29 so that the entire frame together with the two panels may be raised and lowered by the regulator.

In the other position of the parts, however, it is essential that the frame be rigidly supported in the window opening and to accomplish this means is provided for coupling or engaging the frame 23-25 with fixed supports carried by stationary portions of the door 2| or other adjacent structure. In my copending application heretofore referred to, I provided a plurality, preferably two, supporting members 39 carried by and projecting from preferably the inner panel 39 of the door. These two supports are adapted to be engaged by laterally projecting pins 40 carried by the slide bar 35. The pins 49 and supports 38 are so arranged that when the hook-shaped member 36 engages the pin 31 the pins 40 are out of engagement with the supports 38 and vice versa.

In ventilating wondows for relatively wide doors, it is preferable to provide additional supporting means for the frame 23-25 disposed preferably adjacent the other vertical edge of the frame so that the frame will not sag or move out of registration with the window opening at this remote vertical edge.

To accomplish this, I provide an additional support 4| secured preferably to the inner panel 39 of the door and'projecting therefrom. This support is adapted to be engaged by a projecting ear or lug 42 carried by a member 43 forming an extension of the slide bar 35. This extension may be formed in two sections as illustrated, the other section 43' thereof being slidably supported on the inner face of the frame member 25, the section 43 of the extension being slidably supported on the outer face of the transverse frame member by means of a channel member or the like 44. The lug or projection 42 and the support 4| are so arranged with relation to one another and with relation to the pins 40 and supports 38 that the pins and projection engage their respective supports when the handle for instance is in the substantially vertical position illustrated in Figure 3 and are moved out of engagement with their respective supports when the handle is in the position shown in Figure 2. Thus with the parts in the position shown in Figure 3 the frame 23-25 is rigidly supported in registration with the window opening and the frame is uncoupled from the retainer 29 so that the sliding panel S may be raised and lowered by the regulator independently of the rest of the structure. This is also the position of the parts illustrated in Figure 1. When the parts are in the position illustrated in Figure 2, however, the slide bar 35 has been moved to engage the hook-shaped projection 36 thereof with the pin 31 of the retainer 29 and to disengage the pins 40 and projection 42 from their respective supports whereupon the frame, together with the panels I and S, are raised and lowered upon operation of the regulator.

From the foregoing; it will be apparent that by means of the pins ,40 and lug or projection 42 and the corresponding supports 38-4 I, the

frame 23-25 may be coupled to and rigidly supported on the stationary part of the door. These supports being fixed with relation to the w ndow opening, the frame will thus be held in proper relation and registration with the window opening and any sagging of the frame which might interfere with the operation of the sliding panel S, or which might cause the frame to bind in its guides 24, is eliminated.

While the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated has been found in practice to give entirely satisfactory results, nevertheless reservation is made to make such changes in the herein illustrated details of construction as may come within the purview of the accompanying claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a ventilating window construction for a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame slidable in said casing into and out of registration with the window opening, a bar slidably mounted on said frame, fixed supports carried by said casing, and a plurality of members spaced longitudinally of said bar engageable with said supports for securing said frame in position in'registration with the window opening.

- 2. In a ventilating window construction for a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame slidable in saidcasing-into and. out of registration with the window opening, a pair of supports carried by a stationary part of the window casing and arranged adjacent each vertical side of said frame, and means carried by said frame selectively engageable with said fixed supports for securing said frame in position in registration with the 'window opening.

3. In a ventilating window construction for a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame slidable in said casing into and out of registration with the window opening, a window lifter mechanism, a plurality of fixed supports carried by the window casing in spaced relation to each other and a bar slidably supported upon said frame having portions predeterminedly spaced from each other for engaging the fixed supports upon movement of the bar in one direction and having another portion engageable with the window lifter mechanism upon movement of the bar in the opposite direction to disengage the portions aforesaid thereof from the fixed supports.

4. In a ventilating window construction for a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame slidable in said easing into and out of registration with the window opening, a plurality of fixed supports carried by the window casing at the lower side of the window opening and a bar slidably mounted upon the frame and having portions predeterminedly spaced from each other to engage the fixed supports upon sliding movement of the bar in one direction.

- 5. In a ventilating, window constructionfor a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame slidable in said easing into and out of registration with the window opening, a closure for the window opening including a panel slidably mounted in the frame, a window lifter mechanism operatively connected to the panel for sliding the latter relative to the frame, a fixed support on the casing, and means carried by the frame for movement into engagement with the fixed support to secure the frame in position in registration with the window opening.

6. In a ventilating window construction for a vehicle body having a window casing, aframe slidable in said easing into and out of registration with the window opening, a closure for the window opening including a panel slidably mounted in the frame, a window lifter mechanism operativeiy connected to the panel for sliding the latter relative to the frame, a fixed support upon the window casing, and means carried by the frame and selectiveiy engageable with the window lifter mechanism and with said '1. Ina ventilating window conistruction for a vehicle body having a window casing, a frame siidable in said easing into and out of registration with the window opening, a closure for the window opening inciuding a. panel siidably monnted in the frame, a window litter mechanism operatively connected to the panel for sliding the latter relative to the frame, a pinrality of fixed supports carried by the window casing, and a bar slidably mounted upon the frame having portions, predeterminedly spaced from each other to engage the med supports upon movement of the bat in one direction and having another portion engage'able with the window lifter mechanism upon movement of bar in the opposite direction to disengage the m 

